UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of report: August 16, 2010
Commission file number 1- 33198
TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
4th Floor
Belvedere Building
69 Pitts Bay Road
Hamilton, HM08 Bermuda
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover
Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1).
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TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road,
Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda |
NEWS RELEASE
TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS ANNOUNCES
PUBLIC OFFERING OF 5,000,000 COMMON UNITS
Hamilton,
Bermuda, August 16, 2010 Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the
Partnership) (NYSE: TOO) announced today that it plans to offer 5,000,000 common units,
representing limited partner interests, in a public offering. Teekay Offshore expects to grant the
underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 750,000 common units to cover
over-allotments, if any. The Partnership expects to use the net proceeds from the public offering
for general partnership purposes, including funding the acquisitions of vessels that Teekay
Corporation may offer to it. Pending the application of funds for these purposes, the Partnership
expects to repay a portion of its outstanding debt under one of its revolving credit facilities.
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. is a publicly-traded master limited partnership formed by Teekay
Corporation (NYSE: TK), and is an international provider of marine transportation, production and storage
services to the offshore oil industry. Teekay Offshore currently owns a 51% interest in and
controls Teekay Offshore Operating L.P., which has a fleet of 32 shuttle tankers (six of which are
chartered-in), four floating storage and offtake (FSO) units and eleven conventional crude oil
Aframax tankers. The Partnership also has direct ownership interests in two shuttle tankers, two
FSO units and one floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.
Teekay Offshores common units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TOO.
The joint book-running managers for this offering are BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi and UBS Investment
Bank.
When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus related to
this offering may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY
10080, Attn: Prospectus Department or by emailing BofA Merrill Lynch at
dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; Citi, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th
Floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11220, or by calling Citi toll-free at: 800-831-9146 or by e-mailing
Citi at: batprospectusdept@citi.com; or UBS Investment Bank, Attn: Prospectus Dept., 299 Park
Avenue, New York, NY 10171, Tel: 888-827-7275.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the
securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The common units will be
offered and sold pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form F-3 previously filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). This offering may be made only by means of a
prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus, which will be filed with the SEC.
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the
outcome to be materially different. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
those discussed in Teekay Offshores public filings with the SEC. Teekay Offshore undertakes no
obligation to revise or update any forward looking statements, unless required to do so under the
securities laws.
For Investor Relations enquiries contact:
Kent Alekson
Tel: +1 (604) 609-6442
For Media enquiries contact:
Alana Duffy
Tel: +1 (604) 844-6605
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